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Recognised as Colour

#D5CDEB

  • #D5CDEB
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Thistle

#D5CDEB is a violet with RGB values 213, 205, 235 and HSL 256°, 43%, 86%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Thistle.

Colour values

#D5CDEB#D5CDEB
HEX#D5CDEB
RGBrgb(213, 205, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.8353, 0.8039, 0.9216
RGB percentages83.5%, 80.4%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(256, 42.9%, 86.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(256, 12.8%, 92.2%)
CMYK9.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,011,883
CSS custom property--colour: #D5CDEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63807WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.76:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D1D1D1
Inverted#2A3214

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7D1ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 6.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#C8D1EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Tritanopia#D1D1D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Thistle · ΔE 7.6Lavender · ΔE 10.1Light steelblue · ΔE 11.2Light grey · ΔE 16.1Gainsboro · ΔE 16.6Silver · ΔE 17.3
Nearest named CSS colourThistle (#D8BFD8)ΔE 7.63, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E3EBCD
Analogous#CDD4EB, #E4CDEB
Triadic#EBD5CD, #CDEBD5
Split complementary#EBE4CD, #D4EBCD
Tetradic#EBCDD4, #E3EBCD, #CDEBE4

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#F4F1FA
Darker −10%#B6A9DC
Darker −20%#9884CE
Darker −30%#7960BF
Darker −40%#5E43A9
More saturated +25%#D1C4F4
Less saturated −25%#D9D6E2

Channel breakdown

R213
G205
B235
Red213 (83.5%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue256°
Saturation (HSL)42.86%
Lightness86.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR D5 · G CD · B EB

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